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Pelicans, Herons, Ibises, and Allies

Pelecaniformes · 18 species · 3 families

In Québec, the order Pelecaniformes brings together 18 species of birds, in 3 families. The stars? Great Blue Heron, American Bittern and Great Egret, the most often observed. The richest region: Montérégie, with 16 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its sounds, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montérégie16
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent15
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine15
  4. Capitale-Nationale14
  5. Montréal14
  6. Estrie13
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches13
  8. Lanaudière13
  9. Centre-du-Québec13
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean12
  11. Mauricie12
  12. Outaouais12
  13. Côte-Nord12
  14. Laurentides11
  15. Abitibi-Témiscamingue10
  16. Laval10
  17. Nord-du-Québec6

Pelicans, Herons, Ibises, and Allies 18

Pelecaniformes
All439Passeriformes181Charadriiformes80Anseriformes56Pelecaniformes18Accipitriformes15Galliformes13Strigiformes11Gruiformes9Piciformes9Columbiformes8Apodiformes5Falconiformes5Podicipediformes5Suliformes5Procellariiformes4Caprimulgiformes3Gaviiformes3Psittaciformes3Cathartiformes2Cuculiformes2Ciconiiformes1Coraciiformes1
Family
All18Ardeidae12Threskiornithidae4Pelecanidae2
Great Blue Heron38,086 observations
American Bittern7,757 observations
Great Egret6,961 observations
Black-crowned Night Heron5,135 observations
Green Heron5,000 observations
Western Cattle Egret793 observations
Glossy Ibis508 observations
American White Pelican306 observations
Little Blue Heron295 observations
Roseate Spoonbill205 observations
Snowy Egret192 observations
Least Bittern111 observations
Yellow-crowned Night Heron102 observations
Tricolored Heron82 observations
Little Egret30 observations
White-faced Ibis26 observations
Brown Pelican26 observations
American White Ibis19 observations